THE GENERATION OF POISSON TIME DISTRIBUTED RANDOM PULSES

The need for a source of pulses randomly distributed in time according to the Poisson distribution is discussed. A theoretical analysis showed that these pulses may be generated by employing an electrical white noise'' source. Calculations indicated the feasibility of a generator capable of producing Poisson pulse at a maximum average rate of one megacycle. The results of laboratory experiments support the calculations and demonstrate the nadequacy of using periodic pulses to determine instrument response to random pulses. A design of a nuclear signal simulator incorporating the Poisson pulse generator is suggested. (auth)